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Scarborough wave buoy daily averages for Sep 2025

Daily averages from the Scarborough wave buoy for Sep 2025, including available wave height, period, direction, wind and sea temperature data.

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Average Wave Height

3ft
Observed range: 0.6 — 14.1ft

Average Wave period

4.4secs
Observed range: 2 — 8secs

Average Wave Direction

ENE

Average Water temperature

13.3°C
Observed range: 12.6 — 15.3°C

Compared With Previous Septembers

Historical baseline from 6,759 observations across 10 years.

Wave Height
3ft
0.2ft above average
Historical average 2.8ft
Wave Period
4.4s
1.6s below average
Historical average 6s
Water Temperature
13.3°C
0.6°C below average
Historical average 13.9°C

Chart showing grouped wave observations for Scarborough. Use the table on this page for a text version of the same measurements. Click a day to show hourly observations for that day.

About Scarborough wave buoy

Scarborough is a Datawell Directional WaveRider station off the North Yorkshire coast. Deployed in January 2013, it records North Sea waves approaching Scarborough's bays and the neighbouring coastline. Available observations include wave height, period and direction, sea temperature and calculated wave power.

Scarborough wave buoy daily averages Sep 2025last observation shown
DayWave height (ft)Wave Period (s)Wave DirectionWater Temp (°C)
23SE14.7
23ESE14.8
24ESE14.8
14ESE14.6
13NNE14.6
24E14.3
55ESE14.0
35E13.8
24E13.5
34ESE13.4
23SE13.2
13SE13.1
23SE13.0
23SE12.9
34SE12.8
34N12.7
35NNE12.8
24NNE12.8
25NNE12.9
55NNE12.9
116N12.7
87NNE12.7
66NNE12.8
46NNE12.9
45E12.9
45E12.9
45ENE12.9
25ENE12.9
14NE13.1
14ENE13.0
Realtime data displayed on this page is from the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme.

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